Quick Wear: The Wronged One Becomes Rebellious

After her resignation report was approved, Gu Li immediately took a week off because her father was critically ill and was waiting to see her before he would go into the operating room.

The next day, Gu Li took her suitcase and boarded the train back to her hometown without looking back.

After leaving the station, Gu Li took a taxi directly to the county town where her aunt was hospitalized according to the address sent by her father.

Before coming, she had received a call from the nurse's station and had learned some information about her aunt's condition.

My aunt was diagnosed with cardia cancer two years ago and underwent a gastrectomy. Her follow-up examinations for the first two years were all fine, but last month when she came to the hospital because of bleeding caused by hemorrhoids, it was discovered that the cancer cells had spread.

The pain that hemorrhoids brought to my aunt was so severe that she insisted on having the surgery even though she knew it would cause blood clots and lead to sudden death on the operating table.

After another full body examination, the doctor discovered that her cancer cells had spread to her blood and would soon spread throughout her body.

My great aunt gave up chemotherapy again but insisted on removing her hemorrhoids, even though she would die suddenly on the operating table.

But without the signed consent form from the family, the hospital dared not make a decision on its own, as this was a matter of life and death for the old lady, so the family of the old lady had to be present.

The old lady took out her handwritten phone book, flipped through it from front to back, and finally called Gu's father.

So, Gu Li came.

In fact, Gu Li hardly remembers her great aunt anymore.

I only know that my great aunt had a son in her early years, but he died later for some unknown reason. Then my great aunt's family broke up with her husband's family and they never had any contact with each other again.

My great aunt died within two years, and my widowed aunt lost contact with her other sisters. But it was because Grandma Gu Li couldn't bear to see her younger sister suffer so much that she would go to the next county from time to time to maintain the sisterhood.

Gu Li was often taken by her grandmother to visit her aunt.

Until her parents divorced, she didn't want to meet people anymore. She didn't want to see others looking at her with pity.

That kind of cheap kindness only reminds me all the time that I am a poor person who is unwanted by anyone.

When Gu Li arrived at the hospital, she was taken to the attending physician's office by the nurses at the nurse station before she even saw her aunt.

The attending physician’s surname was Zhu, and he was a man in his fifties with severe baldness.

After finding out clearly that she was the family member who came to sign for the old lady in bed No. 58, he was stunned at first, then frowned and complained.

"This old lady is too stubborn. The cancer cells have spread all over her body. She is so old and skinny, not even 90 kilograms. She can't stand chemotherapy at all. Without chemotherapy, she can live for two or three years in her current condition. But if she has chemotherapy, she may not be able to survive even one course of treatment."

"The old lady's body is barely in balance now, but if she insists on having surgery to remove her hemorrhoids, it will easily cause blood clots, and it's unknown whether she can make it to the operating table. She has three highs, and the blood clots are very serious. If she bleeds, it will easily cause a disease----"

“The risk is too high!”

"As a doctor, I suggest conservative treatment. She doesn't have many years left to live, so don't do this!"

"You are the old lady's relative, go and persuade her."

Gu Li was forced to learn a lot of medical knowledge and followed the doctor into the ward.

There were three beds in a ward, and only one old lady.

Without the doctor telling her, Gu Li recognized that the person sitting closest to the window in the corridor was her aunt whom she hadn't seen for many years.

The old lady looked at Gu Li for a long time but couldn't recognize her.

"Aunt, I'm Gu Li."

"The girl from the Gu family?"

"Correct."

Doctor Zhu tried to persuade the old lady again, but the old lady turned her head and interrupted him: "Doctor Zhu, I know everything you said, but I just want to live a better life in my last days."

Seeing that Dr. Zhu wanted to say something else, Gu Li spoke up, "Dr. Zhu, let me have a good talk with my aunt."

No doctor would want to do such a risky operation. This is probably why they kept delaying the operation on the old lady.

Dr. Zhu sighed and left.

The old lady didn't look at Gu Li, but leaned against the bed. "Girl, don't persuade me. I'd rather die comfortably than live in such pain. I have no worries and nothing to be reluctant about. I'd like to trouble you to come. But since you're here, please do your aunt one last favor and sign for her."

"Aunt, does it hurt?"

The old lady was startled and looked up at Gu Li, only to find that she was looking at the back of her hand, which was bruised and purple from the constant drip.

The old lady smiled a little, "What kind of pain is this? Auntie, my body hurts so much that I wish I could die sooner!"

Gu Li stretched out her hand and placed it on the old lady's hand, which was as dry as a dead tree root. The warm body temperature made the old lady a little dazed.

"Aunt, let me accompany you."

The old lady's skinny mouth moved, but she said nothing more.

In fact, the reason why the old lady was so eager to take the risk of surgery was because her frail body could not allow her to complete the bathing treatment plan given by the doctor by herself.

She had undergone gastrectomy and chemotherapy two years ago. Without the company of her family, it was difficult for her to maintain her basic life, let alone take medicine, take a bath and do corresponding exercises on time every day.

Gu Li said that she was homeless now and happened to be dependent on her aunt, who would stay with her until the end.

If people can live, who would want to die?

The old lady finally agreed to the conservative treatment recommended by the doctor. She was prescribed a lot of medicine in the hospital and was escorted home by Gu Li.

My aunt lives in the countryside. It takes more than an hour to drive from the city to the county town and then further down.

Tangjia Village is a village under the northernmost county town of Zhoutai City. Two kilometers north of the village is the border of the neighboring city.

Zhoutai City is a border area and is not very well developed. There are no high-rise buildings that Gu Li is used to seeing, no large white reflective industrial parks, and no criss-crossing traffic.

After getting off the ring road, there is only a two-lane road that is not very wide. If you want to meet the car on the opposite side, you have to slow down to pass.

The green plants on both sides of the road are growing well and lushly, with branches that are so dense and complex that they can easily scratch the windows of cars if you are not careful.

This is very different from the green plants in big cities that are trimmed uniformly or have unique shapes.

Natural, vibrant and full of wildness.

Gu Li stared intently, not only at the trees on both sides, but also at the distant scenery which was mostly blocked by the trees.

Tangjia Village is backed by three mountains. However, when the country advocated economic development in the early years, several nearby villages built several sand and gravel factories at the foot of the mountain, and a mountain was blown up in just a few years.